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bas-relief

[bah-ri-leef, bas-, bah-ri-leef, bas-] / ˌbɑ rɪˈlif, ˌbæs-, ˈbɑ rɪˌlif, ˈbæs- /


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"This bas-relief was already known, but no one had ever noticed the identical details to those found in Homer's cave. This is the first time such a detailed geographical description came to light," he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Man Ray also built ingenious collages, bas-relief constructions and elegant chess sets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025

As The Times reported in 1989, the giant bas-relief figures on the venue’s exterior are of the Maya god Huitzilopochtli seated on a symbolic earth monster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025

These people were the unwitting models for his bas-relief sculpture of a Black Jesus breaking bread with 12 Black apostles.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2023

Ruins of Mesopotamian ziggurats and bas-relief sculpture, as well as Egyptian pyramids, testify to complex civilizations.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell


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